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Statement from Special Representative of the Secretary-General on International Day of the Girl Child
KABUL - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva issued a statement today marking International Day of the Girl (11 October). “In…
Security Council Press Statement on Kabul attack
NEY YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack that occurred in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on 2 September, which was claimed by ISIL (Da’esh) -K and…
Statement from Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNAMA
KABUL – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is concerned by the promulgation by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities of a morality law which imposes wide-ranging and far-reaching restrictions on…
Statement from Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNAMA
KABUL - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) issued a statement today marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the…
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations statement on the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden
NEW YORK - The High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Mr. Miguel Moratinos expresses his unequivocal condemnation of the burning of pages of the holy Quran on Wednesday in front of a…
Statement of the UN in Afghanistan on de facto authorities’ decision to ban Afghan women from working for the UN
Last month’s discriminatory decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan seriously undermines our work, including our ability to reach all people in…
Statement and update from the United Nations in Afghanistan
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of a decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the UN in Afghanistan. It is the latest in a series of…
UN Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan
The members of the Security Council are deeply alarmed by reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities for women and girls, and reiterated their deep concern of the suspension of schools beyond the sixth…
UN OCHA STATEMENT: UN condemns reported ban on women working for NGOs and International Organizations
KABUL - The United Nations is profoundly concerned by reports that the Taliban de facto authorities today issued an order barring all female employees of national and international organizations from going to work with…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General – on Afghanistan
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by news reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities to women and girls. The Secretary-General reiterates that the denial of education not only violates the…